OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #671750
GARY NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES INC
GARY, IN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL FROM ALUMINUM LADDER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CLOSING WINDOWS LOCATED 94 INCHES ABOVE FLOOR LEVEL. HE WAS WORK ING FROM A 7 FOOT ALUMINUM LADDER POSITIONED ON A TILE FLOOR. THERE WERE NO WITN ESSES. EMPLOYEE #1 FELL, FRACTURING HIS RIGHT FEMUR BONE. HE RECIEVED A BONE GRA FT ONE DAY LATER. THE NEXT DAY HE DIED FROM A MASSIVE PULMONARY EMBOLISM OF BOTH LUNGS.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 488
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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